#40CDB4#40CDB4

#40CDB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.124 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40CDB4
RGB	rgb(64, 205, 180)
HSL	hsl(169, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0%, 12.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -43.12, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 43.15, 177.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.124 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.124 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1799, 48.0442, 50.7487)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40CDB4 #CD4059

analogous

#40CD6E #40CDB4 #409FCD

triadic

#40CDB4 #B440CD #CDB440

tetradic

#40CDB4 #6E40CD #CD4059 #9FCD40

square

#40CDB4 #6E40CD #CD4059 #9FCD40

split-complementary

#40CDB4 #CD409F #CD6E40

monochromatic

#1E7465 #2BA58F #40CDB4 #71DAC7 #A1E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#40CDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#40CDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40CDB4

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40CDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40CDB4	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40cdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 205, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.124 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddca',
    500: '#40cdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40cdb4;
$custom-light: #87ddca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40cdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.362,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76762,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40CDB4

secondary

#D396A1

accent

#4662E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #40CDB4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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